Ibadi Islam: a Critical Examination of Sources

III SUMMER SCHOOL Ibadi Islam: A Critical Examination of Sources

JUNE 24 - 28 Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre 515 West Hastings Street Program at Dr. Amal Ghazal, (Director, Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies at Simon Fraser University), a glance Dr. Ersilia Francesca (University of Naples “L’Orientale”), and Dr. Angeliki Ziaka (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) Welcome you to Monday June 24th Tuesday June 25th MORNING SESSION 10 - 1:30PM MORNING SESSION 10 - 1:30PM the 3rd Ibadi LUNCH BREAK 1:30 - 2:30PM LUNCH BREAK 1:30 - 2:30PM Summer School AFTERNOON SESSION 2:30 - 6PM AFTERNOON SESSION 2:30 - 6PM DINNER 6PM DINNER 6PM held at the Harbor Centre, SFU, Vancouver.

The Summer Schools on Ibadism examine and present the fundamentals of Islam and Ibadism through a historical, juridical, literary and religious Wednesday June 24th Thursday June 25th overview. They aim at discussing the essentials and the pacifistic dimension of Ibadism within the framework of North Africa and Middle East historical and MORNING SESSION 10 - 1:30PM MORNING SESSION 10 - 1:30PM geo-political context.

This 3rd summer school will survey and critically examine Ibadi sources, LUNCH BREAK 1:30 - 2:30PM LUNCH BREAK 1:30 - 2:30PM from the early period until the present. Students and researchers will become familiar with these sources, and understand the context in which they have AFTERNOON SESSION 2:30 - 6PM AFTERNOON SESSION 2:30 - 6PM developed and have been used. DINNER 6PM DINNER 6PM From this perspective, the Summer School will address, in a comparative and multidisciplinary perspective, the following issues:

• Presentation of Ibadi Source, Past and Present Friday June 24th • Ibadi Sources in the Context of the Broader Islamic Historiography • Ibadi Historical Narratives and Identity Construction MORNING SESSION 10 - 1:30PM • Historical Narrations and Historical appreciations LUNCH BREAK 1:30 - 2:30PM

CONCLUDING REMARKS

DINNER 6PM 10 - 10:30 AM WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION 10 - 11:30 AM EARLY IBADI LAW: DISCUSSING 10 - 11:30 AM THE IBADI IMAMATE Amal Ghazal, Director, Centre for SOURCES AND CASE STUDIES TRADITIONS Comparative Muslim Studies, SFU Ersilia Francesca, University of Naples Adam Gaiser, Florida State University Ersilia Francesca, University of Naples “L’Orientale” “L’Orientale” 11:30 - 12 PM COFFEE BREAK Angeliki Ziaka, Aristotle University of 11:30 - 12 PM COFFEE BREAK Thessaloniki 12 - 1:30 PM IBADISM AND POLITICS IN THE 12 - 1:30 PM ORIGINS OF THE IBADIYYA II– Ibadi Summer School 10:30 - 11:30 AM ORIGINS OF THE IBADIYYA I – 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES COMPETING NARRATIVES OF THE KHARIJITE CONNECTION Valerie Hoffman, University of Illinois at IBADI ORIGINS Adam Gaiser, Florida State University Urbana-Champaign Adam Gaiser, Florida State University Program 11:30 - 12 PM COFFEE BREAK 1:30 - 2:30 PM LUNCH BREAK 1:30 - 2:30 PM LUNCH BREAK 12 - 1:30 PM IBADI THEOLOGY 2:30 - 4 PM IBADIS AND REASONING Valerie Hoffman, University of Illinois at 2:30 - 4 PM STUDENT PRESENTATIONS THROUGH THE EARLY SOURCES Urbana-Champaign Jawad Qureshi, Will discuss how the Angeliki Ziaka, Aristotle University of Schedule summer program informs his teaching Thessaloniki 1:30 - 2:30 PM LUNCH BREAK and research on Islamic theology and kalam schools June - 2019 4 - 4:30 PM COFFEE BREAK AbulBasit Zafar, Will discuss how the 2:30 - 4 PM STUDENT PRESENTATIONS summer program informs his research Salah Bahmani, The revolt of Abū Yaz īd on the essence of the human being in 4:30 - 6 PM TBD al-Nukkārī through Ibadi Mutazilite thought. Jana Newiger, Teaching Ethics in 6 PM DINNER Early Ibādism 4 - 4:30 PM COFFEE BREAK Hosted by the Dean’s Office, FASS SFU

4 - 4:30 PM COFFEE BREAK 4:30 - 6 PM STUDENT PRESENTATIONS Ziyad al-Malawi, College of Shari‘a 4:30 - 6 PM STUDENT PRESENTATIONS Sciences, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, Enki Baptiste, Theories and Practices of Globalizing Ibadism: E-learning degrees Power in Medieval Omani Ibadism (8th-10th at Sharia Institute centuries) Mohammad Shabeer, Concept of Masalik 6 PM DINNER al-Din in the historical Progress of Imamate; a Study on Ibadiyya in 600s and 700s C.E

6 PM DINNER Acknowledgments We acknowledge that SFU is on unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Kwikwetlem First Nations

10 - 11:30 AM DYNAMICS OF IBADI REFORM 10 - 11:30 AM EXCURSION AT THE ISMAILI AND THE NETWORK AS A CENTRE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: METHODOLOGY Dr. Amal Ghazal Amal Ghazal, Director, Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies, SFU 11:30 - 12 PM COFFEE BREAK Dr. Ersilia Francesca Dr. Angeliki Ziaka 11:30 - 12 PM COFFEE BREAK 12 - 1:30 PM AESTHETICS OF IDENTITY: Ardalan Rezamand (Summer School co-ordinator) FROM SOUNDS TO SPACES IN Janine-Marie Conrad (CCMS Program Assistant) PLURALISM 12 - 1:30 PM IBADISM AND OMAN IN THE Amyn Sajoo, Simon Fraser University WESTERN PRESS Design by Doaa Jamal Ahmad al-Rawi, Simon Fraser University 1:30 - 2:30 PM LUNCH BREAK at Ismaili Centre, Tayybeh catering 1:30 - 2:30 PM LUNCH BREAK 2:30 - 4 PM CONCLUDING REMARKS 2:30 - 4 PM STUDENT PRESENTATIONS Scott Bursey, Will discuss how the summer program informs his research 6 PM DINNER on Contrasting Perceptions of Violence, Women, the State and Qutbian Thought in Saudi Arabia Jasheil Athalia, Will discuss how the summer program informs his research on Transitional Justice within Shari’ah in Post Revolution Transitional Muslim Societies in North Africa

4 - 4:30 PM COFFEE BREAK

4:30 - 6 PM 2-STUDENTS PRESENTATION 30 min presentation + 15 min discussion

6 PM DINNER